High Design

Japanese Fashion Hits Seattle

High Design

Japanese Fashion Hits Seattle

06.27.13 4:15 PM ET

Japanese Fashion Hits Seattle

This summer, the Seattle Art Museum will exhibit 80 gowns by shape-shifting Japanese designers such as Issey Miyake, Junya Watanabe, and Yohji Yamamoto, who represent Japan’s massive influence on fashion in the ’70s and ’80s. Future Beauty: Thirty Years of Japanese Fashion represents a time when conceptual designers such as Rei Kawakubo and Yamamoto brought a breath of fresh air onto the Paris runways. Opening this week, it will remain on view until September 8.